head to head
vs
Blood WestvsDragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Blood West leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Blood WestDragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Blood West leans harder on variance: Unknown level layouts and loot until explored, then mapped
Optimization7 vs 7
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.